Drying Rack/DST

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I should dry some meats.

Wilson

Certain items can be put on the rack and begin drying. After drying for some time, the item will turn into a dried version of itself.

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The Drying Rack is a craftable Structure found in the Cooking Filter or Structures Filter. It requires 3 Twigs, 2 Charcoal, and 3 Rope to craft and a Science Machine to prototype.

The Drying Rack can dry most Meats and most Fish into Jerky, Small Jerky, or Monster Jerky. Kelp Fronds can be dried on the Drying Rack to obtain Dried Kelp Fronds. Dried food items take significantly longer to spoil and often provide better Health and Sanity compared to raw food used in the rack or their cooked versions.

Unlike the results of Cooking, the dried food created will always be completely fresh. This means a spoiled Morsel can be dried to get a completely fresh piece of Small Jerky. Dried food left on the Drying Rack will spoil over time. Rain will prevent any items on the Drying Rack from drying, making it less effective in Spring.

Meat Dried Time required
Meat.png Jerky.png 2 days
Raw Fish.png 1 day
Monster Meat.png Monster Jerky.png 1 day
Batilisk Wing.png Small Jerky.png 2 days
Morsel.png Frog Legs.png Drumstick.png Eel.png Fish Morsel.png 1 day
Kelp Fronds.png Dried Kelp Fronds.png 0.25 days

Drying Rack (Hermit) Map Icon.png Hermit Drying Rack

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These belong to crabby lady, florp.

Wurt

The Hermit Drying Rack is a naturally spawning object exclusive to Don't Starve Together, introduced in Return of Them. Six of them can be found on the Hermit Island.

The Hermit Drying Rack works just like a drying rack, except that it cannot be destroyed or burned.

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  • The Woven - Elegant Butcher's Rack skin was introduced during the official Year of the Carrat event in 2020.
  • The Woven - Elegant Victorian Meat Rack skin was introduced during the official Year of the Beefalo event in 2021.

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  • Drying Racks are very useful for storing Meats. Jerky and Small Jerky take 20 days to completely spoil, while Meat and Morsel will spoil in 6 days, and cooked Meat/Morsel will spoil in 10 days. Storing any kind of jerky in the Ice Box will give 40 days before they spoil, allowing the player to focus on concerns other than gathering fresh food.
  • It is a good idea to build some racks early on (i.e. before the first Winter). The player may then store meat on the Drying Racks ready for the Winter, which will easily last throughout Winter once picked. Additionally, the Jerky versions provide improved stats over regular and cooked Meats.
  • Drying a Fish, Frog Legs, or Drumstick will turn them into Small Jerky, which prevents it from being used as a specific ingredient for certain Crock Pot meals, such as Fish Sticks (which needs fish) or Froggle Bunwich (which needs frog legs).
  • All the meat listed above can still be dried during winter. This is a very useful method for restoring health and sanity.

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  • Even though the Koalefant Trunk counts as meat, it cannot be hung on the Drying Rack.
  • The Hermit Drying Rack was introduced to Don't Starve Together in the She Sells Sea Shells update.

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